R S Stevens

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: New York
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1818–1972

Career timeline

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1-11

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Stevens98,531

Opponents395,776

Elections run

Between 1818 and 1972, R S Stevens ran in 12 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 11. Stevens's biggest single-election total was 52,926 votes, in the 1928 U.S. House election in New York's District 35. Stevens's closest win came in the 1850 U.S. House election in New York's District 7, decided by 479 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New York's District 19, every U.S. House race in New York's District 18, or every U.S. House race in New York's District 35.

How many votes has R S Stevens received?

R S Stevens has received 98,531 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–11.

Election history

R S Stevens’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1972	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	8430.78%	Charles B. Rangel (head-to-head) Dodge Bobby R Washington
1970	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	3740.62%	Charles B. Rangel (head-to-head) Alex Taylor Jr. Bohdan J Wasiutynski Paul B Boutelle
1928	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	52,92636.2%	Clarence Hancock Charles E Wheelock
1916	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5081.14%	Stephen Dempsey Andrew B Gilfillan George A Till John G Wallenmeier Jr.
1888	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	14,08239.25%	John Sawyer Barnum
1880	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	12,87144.63%	Richard Crowley
1850	U.S. HouseNew York	Won	4,85152.6%	John Gurnee
1850	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,36544.79%	Solomon Haven
1844	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	5,08140.99%	William Moseley Oliver Phelps (head-to-head)
1832	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	1,61923.74%	Henry Martindale Nicholas McIntyre
1821	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10.01%	Cadwallader Colden Peter Sharpe Silas Wood Smith (head-to-head) Cadwallader D Colder William Morgan Henry Eckford Churchill C Cambreling J Merton Rose Huntington Roderick Stephens Samuel Bayard Matthew Clarkson Henry Kneeland Nathan Sage Abraham Bgrnee
1818	U.S. HouseNew York	Lost	10	Nathaniel Allen Albert Tracy Benjamin Ellicott Richmond Edward C Baker Warren P Bender House Evans Enos Pomeroy Lot Row Warner Miller David A Howell Alphonzo A Hopkins Philo Orton John Spencer Gamaliel H Barstow James O Cleveland Hezekiah L Hosmer Enoch Nobles John Lewis Childs Albert H Picketts Andrew Backus A H Pickets Gideon Granger Wadsworth Lithgow Osborne Oliver Phelps (head-to-head) Robert A Osborn Payne Moses Maynard Abraham Matteson Augustine J Marvin Harvey Montgomery Chauncey L Shelden William H Douglass Hill Alva Carpenter William D Stewart Robinson J Q Leak Porter Wm Filbe Amasa J Parker Ebenezer F Norton Elijah Holt Ezra Ludden Joel Dorman Thomas Hustler Smith (head-to-head) Jonathan Child Louis W Elliott Wagener Jacob Steeples Myr Hody Israel Chapin Jonah Hallet Jenkins George McGunigher Daniel Cruger Thomas H Jackson Dunkirk Garnsey Amos J Cummings Josiah Churchill Wilhemus Myndrees Benjamin F Lewis William Carwell

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.